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Docs Meetup Roundup – Nov 14, 2013

1. Docs Issue Tracker Mockups

@sams sent a wrap-up of Docs Issue Tracker feedback to @karmatosed and she’s going to have something by early next week. When that’s ready, he’ll get a developer to work on it and we’ll have an updated timeline.

3. Theme Dev HB Opening

@sewmyheadon will work on incorporating whatever makes sense into the Handbook.

4. Theme & Plugin HB Spreadsheets Revamped

Authors vs. Contributors

In the Handbook reporting spreadsheets, we changed Owner/Author columns to read Contributors because we found that several of the original owners/authors haven’t worked on the docs in months and we don’t want to discourage other folks from contributing.

So, we’re asking contributors to list their name in the Contributors column for future reference.

Noting Individual Document Progress

If you’re working on docs in the Theme or Plugin Dev Handbooks, please note the percentage complete (based on your best guess) in the % column. This gives us a more realistic overview of each document’s progress.

@siobhan will also add @sewmyheadon to receive emails when updates are made to the Theme Dev Handbook to better monitor progress.

Retiring the Handbook Reporting Threads

We’ve ditched the old Handbook reporting threads on make.wordpress.org/docs because they weren’t being updated.

5. Working Online

In order to make sure we’re all “on the same page” (pardon the pun), we’re asking folks to post all Handbook content directly to the Handbook, rather than writing offline. This helps contributors and editors see actual progress, so they can dive in and help without worrying about stepping on toes or duplicating work.

To this end, we’ll be granting editor access to Handbook contributors so they can work online.

If you are working on any Handbook content that is not yet posted to the Handbook, or if you need editor access, please contact @sewmyheadon, @siobhan, or @hanni and we’ll help get it posted right away.

6. Team Rep Meetings

@siobhan inquired about the status of the Team Rep Meetings that are organized by @jenmylo. While I heard talk of this a few months ago, there haven’t, to my knowledge, been any team meetings.

7. DevHub

@krogsgard has promised us a theme by Sunday or Monday. Getting the DevHub theme finished should spur some actions and more progress.